Well Good Morning!

This morning I went out to sit in my favorite chair. I found my little friend waiting for me. Do you see him?

Let me get closer. 

 I brought him out into the sunlight to get some more pictures, but I had to hurry. It's about 90* already this morning and these little guys don't like the sun.

It's nice to have friends over to share the morning with. 

Have you.....?

I've seen this on several other blogs this week, so I lifted it! LOL The things I've completed are in bold.

1. Started your own blog (Here you are!)
2. Slept under the stars (Gotta love the army for that one.)
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (When I was 11. Need to go back so I can truly appreciate it.)
5. Watched a meteor shower (again, in the army)
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disney World (when I was 7, and Angela's Make A Wish trip last year)
8. Climbed a mountain (Army stuff again)
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo ( LOTS!)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (Watercolor painting. I posted a picture here)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning (Listeria, while pregnant with #1)
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables( I ssoooo miss my big garden!)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. (Had a pillow fight doesn't every kid?)
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (ssshhhhhhhh)
24. Built a snow fort ( DuH! This is MinneSNOWta)
25. Held a lamb (Lambs, goat kids, foals, held 'em all.)
26. Gone skinny dipping ( I'm not spilling!)
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse ( a few)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset ( Ixtapa w/Dean)
31. Hit a home run (I used to be athletic. LOL)
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language ( ASL)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (ARMY again!)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke ( I'm a secret addict. When I'm drunk I know EVERY song! LOL)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt ( When I was 7)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight (Ixtapa with Dean)
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud (When I was 4 I got STUCK in a puddle! LOL)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater (We still have one by us!)
55. Been in a movie ( I was an extra in "Hermann, USA")
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies ( only I ate them before I delivered them! >GASP<)
62. Gone whale watching ( While in Hawaii! LOL)
63. Got flowers for no reason (Pretty sure they were from Dean. >wink<)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (I'm 0+, what are you?)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check (sadly, yes. A time or two!)
68. Flown in a helicopter (Go Army!)
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (Every girl should have a Mrs. Beesley!)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square ( But it wasn't long enough, and I didn't SEE enough!)
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (Remember my "naked in my robe" post? LOL)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (Ummm HELLO!)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book (Well, published IN a book. Does that count?)
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox (While 16 weeks pregnant with #2!)
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (Prince, Whitney Houston, Shaquile O'niel, more I'm sure )
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby ( Ummm yeah, three of 'em!)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee (Did you see my post about THAT?)
100. Read an entire book in one day ( "A Cup of Christmas Tea")

Fact for the day

Because I'm supposed to be cleaning...and I'm not...here's an interesting fact for the day.

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

On this day in history

On Jan. 12, 1915, the United States House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.

Wow, I guess it's we've come a long way, huh?

Jeff Foxworthy on Minnesota

Some of you from the mighty north might have seen this already, but for those who haven't, enjoy!

Jeff Foxworthy on Minnesota

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through
18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by,
You might live in Minnesota.

If you're proud that your state makes the
national news 96 nights
each year because International Falls is the coldest spot in the nation,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you have ever refused to buy something because it's "too spendy",
You might live in Minnesota .

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March,
You might live in Minnesota .

If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there,
You might live in Minnesota .

If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the
middle of his forehead,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
You might live in Minnesota .

If your town has an equal number of bars and churches,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you know how to say....Wayzata...Mahtomedi ... Cloquet
Edina... and Shakopee,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you think that ketchup is a little too spicy,
You might live in Minnesota .

If vacation means going "up north" for the weekend,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you measure distance in hours,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you know several people, who have hit deer more than once,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you often switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you can drive 65 mph through
2 feet of snow
during a raging blizzard without flinching,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you see people wearing hunting clothes at social events,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you install security lights on your house and garage and
leave both unlocked,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you think of the major food groups as beer, fish, and Venison,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you carry jumper cables in your car, and your girlfriend knows
how to use them,
You might live in Minnesota .

If there are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at Mill's Fleet Farm
at any given time,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you design your kid's Halloween
costume to fit over a snowsuit,
You might live in Minnesota .

If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter,
and of course, road construction,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you can identify a
southern or eastern accent,
You might live in Minnesota .

If your idea of creative landscaping is a plastic deer next
to your blue spruce,
You might live in Minnesota .

If "Down South" to you means Iowa ,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you know "a brat" is something
you eat,
You might live in Minnesota .

If you find -10 degrees "a little chilly",
You might live in Minnesota .

Just some fun pictures

I'm still learning how to use my mac. Tonight I downloaded Picasa (not really sure that it has anything I didn't already have though) and re-discovered some recent pictures I'd already forgotten I'd taken. LOL

It's national De-Lurking week!

Ok, I know from my hit counter AND the number of subscribers on my page, that there are a lot of lurkers around here! If you're one of them, drop me a note, will ya? It's nice to know who's bored enough to be reading my blog. LOL

Feel'in it Friday!

Happy Friday everyone! This week felt really long, and really short, all at the same time. Monday came and went in a stressful way that I already posted about. Tuesday was ok. Got Dudley groomed, which was an all-day affair. Wednesday Tyler came over to celebrate his birthday. (and I paid him 5 bucks to dig our tree out of the storage room. Now if only I could pay someone to decorate it. LOL) Thursday I got most of my Christmas shopping done, with just a couple odds and ends of things left, and then a performance last night.

And yet, I'm feeling like a looser. I'm not getting enough stuff done in the house, and I don't even have a good excuse for it. I have a stack of paperwork for Angela's waiver that needs tending to, laundry to collect out of bedrooms, and an office that still isn't clean. (although it's because I have no clue what to do with the stuff in here! )

Today my plans are to get myself in the shower, run to the store and get snacks/drinks for Angela and drop them off at her school. Come back and switch a load of laundry around, then get Angela's waiver papers done. THEN I will allow myself to take a nap, because I'm going to need one in order to make it through tonight's performance and the cast party afterward.

I think I'm so tired lately because of the play. Ok, I KNOW that's what it is. Most plays run 12-14 performances, and this one...when we're finally done...will be double that! We have two performances tomorrow, two on Sunday, then next week we have Weds, Thurs, Fri, double Sat, double Sun. then we're DONE! Never again will I do a play with such a long run. It's really fun DOING it, but it screws up everything else in life. I don't know how the rest of the cast manages to work full-time jobs AND do this play.

I promise, once this show is done, no more depressing posts! LOL Ok, I'm off to the shower so I can get my list done, and get that nap I was talking about.